Re: white rice?
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: Hi all,

: As I'm currently residing in
: southeast Asia, and I'm also
: gluten-intolerant, I'm utilizing
: rice a lot. The thing is, I
: avoided rice all the time because
: I preferred other things like
: donuts, cakes, cookies,
: etc...anyhow, I have found that
: since rice is so easy to obtain
: here, I often have rice porridges,
: or rice with vegetables and beans
: or tofu in the evening.

: I even wonder if I could have rice
: with veggies as a breakfast. I
: know that sounds strange...but
: it's better than having pop-tarts
: or another sweet breakfast item
: only to want more sugar throughout
: the day!

: What are your thoughts on this...I
: don't need to give up the rice for
: now? I need to focus on breakfast,
: just breakfast...right?

: Just eating within the hour of waking
: up, and keeping this goal up for a
: consistent amount of time until it
: feels regular? I know it sounds so
: silly but I think it really will
: take me SO long to do this. To
: actually eat early in the day and
: do it for a long amount of time...

: :s3(

Hi Sheelia:

I think you are doing really well and working on one part of breakfast until it becomes something you want and like to do is a great idea :h2) :h2) :h2) The part you are working on is having it every day. I don't know how soon you have breakfast i.e. whether you have it within an hour of getting up or not, but that is another part of breakfast you can work on later unless you are already doing it. :h6)

1/2 cup of Tofu (firm) = 20 gms of protein
1 cup of Adzuki beans = 17 gms of protein
1 cup of Greek yogurt = 18 gms of protein

so you really can get a lot of bang for your buck with these. :h11)

These things are also complex carbs or browns: kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, hummus, lentils, millet, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, polenta, quinoa, aramaranth, kamut, whole wheat cous cous. :h4)

You may certainly eat as much white rice as you like - particularly if it gets you eating breakfast and perhaps other meals! :h26) I used to always eat white rice and then switched to brown rice and have found I love it better than white now, but it's a process.

There is no set time line for achieving a step and usually slower is better. :s9( With some steps I took months and with others only 4 weeks. It all depends on how difficult a particular step is for you. I found step three to be huge and I had to learn so much - like how to cook lol

Dori